The spatial food environment of the DC metropolitan area: Clustering, co-location, and categorical differentiation

Applied Geography

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 300-307

  Leslie, Timothy F ^a   Frankenfeld, Cara L ^a   Makara, Matthew A ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food environment; Spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COMPETITIVENESS; FOOD MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; RETAILING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 84865494846     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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